Just 4 DonkeysSalisbury, Wiltshire. Longreining, driving, confidence boosting, preparing your donkey for the vet and farrier, showing, riding, driving, trailor loading, walking, training demonstrations, public appearances and dealing with behavioural issues. Trudy Affleck originally trained as a physiotherapist and has worked in spinal injury units in the UK and New Zealand. She is now qualified as a P2 Tellington TTouch Awareness Method practitioner with a special interest in donkeys and mules. Tailored one-to-one or group training.

DONKEY COURSES in ITALY

L’Amico AsinoUdine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Seminars and workshops covering behaviour, open field management, routine vetinary checks and assisted activies, run by Dr. Erica Molinaro Franzil, specializing in school learning disorders, school and work orientation and interventions assisted with animals.

Fattoria Didattica La SerraCeppaiano, Crespina, Pisa.Pet Therapy, Coadjutor donkey in Assisted Interventions to Animals aimed at all those who are interested in working in operations and therapy assisted by animals. The Pet Therapy course allows you to combine a passion for the animal world with employment opportunities in assistance, rehabilitation and co-therapy.

Mi-La-Mi”ânesEducational projects and activities for children, song-walks, storytelling, games, confidence building, motor skills, learning about donkeys and equipement, training courses, help for new donkey owners and walking with donkeys. Special events such as birthdays also catered for.

This 2-day practical course provides equine practitioners with a good overview on all medical, orthopedic, dental and surgical aspects specific to donkeys allowing participants to not only expand their knowledge but especially their hands-on skillset. Through the following lectures the highly experienced speakers will highlight how different donkeys are from horses and will share useful tips and tricks with the attendees:

Not just a small Horse – How Donkeys are different…

Colic and its particular challengesin Donkeys

OrthopedicProblems – Lameness & Hoof Disorders

Donkey Dentistry – A bit more than rasping teeth…

Surgery in Donkeys

Dealing with Liver Diseases in Donkeys

Hyperlipemia

Anesthetizing the Donkey

Endocrine Disorders

Endocrine Disorders

Donkey Nutrition

The Role of the Donkey Globally

Between both afternoons, 7 hours of practical sessions on live donkeys and cadaver specimens and case-based discussions will give attendees plenty of opportunity to put theory into practice and to ask questions in small groups (2 – 4 attendees / ultrasound machine). Each attendee will rotate through the following practical sessions under the watchful eye of the internationally renowned specialists:

DONKEY COURSES in SWITZERLAND

Supervised donkey afternoons, children’s birthdays, donkey walks, the first steps on the donkey or horse, carriage rides with donkeys or horses, seminars for donkey holders but also exclusive – the donkey-driver’s license. The competence center for the course being the Swiss syndicate donkey friends (SIGEF).

This 2-day practical course provides equine practitioners with a good overview on all medical, orthopedic, dental and surgical aspects specific to donkeys allowing participants to not only expand their knowledge but especially their hands-on skillset. Through the following lectures the highly experienced speakers will highlight how different donkeys are from horses and will share useful tips and tricks with the attendees:

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